The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-01
BgCOIING MONvTON0US.
GIVE Us LESS HEAT AND MORE
SNOW.bTORMS.
Thermometers Promlscuously tx.
n plodipg--Four Victims Of the
Scorching Temperature.

II is not known exactly how high
the Thermometer climbed yesterday,
but from all accounts hundreds Of
small thermometers exploded in the
effort to contain 1t. Only those capable
Of registering $50 degrees succeeded
in wilhstanding the strain, and even
they were sadly warped in the effort.
as 1t torrid enough for your tempe,a
ment2" met every ciiz,n bold
enough to put his nose In the track Of
sunshine. "Did you suppose was
looking for q snow s,orm?" was the
almost universal petuant rtjoinder.
Evidently Old Sol was out Of hum0r
with this portion OF the globe, and
moved bis forces up several thousand
miles for a nearer and more effective
range. Therefore II was warm-hot-
screening -d-d hot. Evrry unpreju.
diced and reasonable man, woman
and child Ia the city and suburbs will
bear testimony to this fact, without
any hesitation. Ia fact, Q number OF
them have cone voluntarily and tug.
gssted the information, and there Is
therefore no possibility Of libel.
In the APPEAL editorial rooms at 8
O'Clock last night the Thermometer
suspended In the coolest part OF the
room, near an open window, noted
96' OF hea'. At the desks Der cath the
gas lights and In the composing room
the mercury sailed up to l0Oo with the
greatest ease. Working In this mid
summer night temperature is not very
inspiriting while you are bsthed in 9
deluge Of perspiratiop. The compos.
ing room presents . soft. o. thetic ap.
pearance; the type settlers, dressed in
Mother Hubb,rd frocks Of white and
other colors, give the place q sort Of
Garden Of Eden coloring, pastoral
and antique. As one Ct these trans.
formed beings picks away at the case
you are reminded Of the lines:
Thou vert a beautiful thought,
And softly bodied forth.
But, to return to the heat, the prsc.
tical thermometer 10 that one placed
where peopl3 work, aud showing the
degree OF heat TO which they are sub.
jected. The north wall huug-up. high
Thermometers OF the Signal Service
Office have nothing to do with the
csse; they are all right for CALCULATING
scientists, but for every day or night
practical aunsiroke uss the ihermom.
eter on the spot takes the prize pack.
age every time.
SO for As known, four uni )rtunate
individuals, all men, are cold and
stu witnesses 10 the intense heat yos.
terday. The fret one reported occur.
red at the station house between 4:20
and $3.50 O'Clock pm. At 4:lC
o'clock Officer Jordan brought John
DsGdeIick In for d unksnnoss. He
wss n pitable specimen Of the ine'
briate, and u was necessary TO almost
carry Kim back 10 cell. At o 80
o'clock the turnkey went back among
the prisoners on a tour OF inspection,
and discovered Dsaderick dead. Jus.
lice Gutenberg Was called In TO hold
an Inquest, aud the Jury returned q
verdict OF death nom sunstroke. The
deceased was draugktsman BY pro,
iession, employed in the Office oil
County Attornsy Jordan, and ta.d e
DO highly skilliul one.
About 4 O'Clock last night two more
cries OF distress came from a boarding
house nj the corner OF Tennessee and
Georgia streets. The victims were two
stove mouldlrs named J iseph Taylor
and Walter Dowdy, employed at the
Bun City stoveworks. They had
been indulging q little too freely, end
disd In about an hour after reaching
the boarding house. II was reported
last evening that q German named
Schmltt, q show case maker, was over.
come with heat on South Court etree,
near Man, and became 20 unwell thai
he WAS sent home In hask, aud on
arriving there died.
About shutdown the temperature
cooled down considerably, and the
mercury ooqueited between 9S and 100
degrees. Previous 10 this cooling In,
yasion there 10 no es,imstiug the
hight 10 which the mercury climb a.
70 Ia rumored that the heat will be
moro intense to-day, aud that an cpl
demic OF sunslIokes will prevail. The
knavo who made that prophecy, q
Canadian named Wiggins, hiss been
tuccebsfully imptaehed ON numerou,
other pro Lotions, aud sweltering In.
maniiy, without a dissenting voice
Chsis up I rvent prayer that his LAT
eet venture may fall upon and ahalteT